Wang Bing’s epic observational Youth trilogy screens together for almost ten hours, with breaks in between. Lose yourself in the everyday lives of a group of young textile workers who, each year, leave their rural villages and migrate to the manufacturing city of Zhili, 150 kilometers from Shanghai, China.
In this combined programme
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Youth (Spring)
The first part of the Youth trilogy shows us cramped textile workshops and shared dorms. -
Youth (Hard Times)
Will the textile workers in part two of Wang Bing’s Youth documentary ever be paid? -
Youth (Homecoming)
The final part of Wang Bing’s Youth shows the temporary joy for workers visiting home.